St. Paul daily globe., 1887-10-30
A FOOLS WISDOM.

A FOOLS WISDOM.
Only the oldest inhabitant will remember
that the Central Presbyterian church which
stands on Cedar street near the capitol, was
built In 1852, and that it has seen thirty
seven summers come and go after an equal
number OF winters. The old structure is be-
ginning to look weather-beaten, and hear
that ere long 1t is to be torn down and re-
placed pya finer one Of stone and brick
The first pastor of the Central Presbyterian
church was the Reverend DR.. RMELDAFFER,
pastor now Of church in Redwood Falls.
twill cost him a pang perhaps to learn Of the
prospective destruction Of his old church.
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There are a number OF men in this state
who have come that near to being residents
OF ST. Paul and millionaires that it takes their
breath away now to tell Of it. o. B. TUR-
RELL, of Redwood Falls, is one of them. Ten
years or more ago he owned property In St.
Paul whose value stands now in the hundred
thousand dollar list. Among the valuable
pieces Of land that he held then was the
Merriam place, besides other well located res
fdence property on College and Sherman
avenues. About the time that the bonanza
farm fever reached the Northwest Mr.. TUR-
RELL invested In 10000 acres in Redwood
county and began operating what was the
largest farm ever controlled by one man in
this state. At first the venture proved profit
able, but one misfortune and another turned
the tde OF his affairs, and the bonanza farm
and St. Paul lots were laid aside. As an in
stance, though, of his change of heart in GER
tain points about farming, l might cite that
he lost his money in wheat and won it back
in cattle.
One of the standing jokes of last winters
legislature was FRED WARNERs EldoradO
coal mine in Redwood county. FRED's
stories about it at that time brought tears to
the eyes of the granger legislators whose
families were living in less favored sections
OF the state and burning hay for fuel. Some
time last summer, as the story runs, a GER
tain st. Paul capitalist visiting in Redwood
heard of FRED's mine and asked to be shown
it, FRED asked him to wait day; but the
visitor was pushed for time and intimated
that If the mine acteally existed he could be
called on for some financial assistance.
FRED told him then that he would take him
out that afternoon. By some mischance they
failed to meet after dinner, and the st. Paul
man, learning through another source that
the mine consisted of groupings of coal on
the banks of an old creek about two miles
out OF town, secured horse and drove out.
When he neared the coolie he tethered his
horse, and hearing voices, cautiously crawled
up to the edge and peered over. What he
saw was FRED half way down the bank hold
ing on to the bushes with one hand and
catching with the other chunks of Lehigh
coal, which Prof. WELLEs was tossing up to
him from wheelbarrow which stood at the
bottom. FRED was just saying to the per-
spring professor: s'Hurry up, WELLEsY.
When we get this done, I'll make that ST.
Paul galoot think that all the coal beds of
Pennsylvania have been surpassed by this"
The ''galoot'' didn't wait to hear any more,
but got back to town and took the next train
home.
The story has been wrongfully accredited
to Judge DICK JONES, late of Rochester, that
it was he who rose in Methodist prayer
meeting when no one responded to an appeal
to speak for JESUS, and said that ''he'd be
hanged if he'd see that individual without
FRIEND in that place and not say word for
him. Unless am very greatly mistaken, it
was Judge OLDs who created that mild sen-
sation. Reading in the foreign dispatches
that JENNIE LIND is dying brings to my mind
heard her in Memphis sing Home, Sweet
Home, " and he said that ever after that he
could not stay in a room where any one was
attempting to sing it.
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That the Republicans of the First district
are not living in unity together, as brothers
should find illustrated by the reception of
paragraph which wrote some weeks ago.
1 suggested then that Judge START or j. A.
LEONARD were the only respectable Repub-
ican leaders in the district from whom
choice could be made for the congressional
nomination next year. The Plainview News,
commenting upon this, reads the riot act in
terrible manner to the old Republican lead
.ers, DUNNELL and WHITE. 1t charges them
with alt manner of treachery, disruption of
the party and wanton abuse of power. 1t is
unfortunate for the Republicans, If this be
true, that they are not in a position to choose
men of ability and respeetabilty as their
leaders.
st. Paul once had socialistic order com
posed almost wholly of Germans. But what
has become of it in these times, when the
passage of resolutions for the condemned an
archists is deemed necessary, cannot tell.
The order assumed to be, think, branch of
the San Francisco socialists, and advocated
the use of force as a dernier resort. The
order met Sunday afternoon, in Arion hall,
and listened to fiery addresses with peaceable
behavior. The daily press for some time re-
ported their meetings, but they were gradu-
ally lost sight of, and, presume, have passed
out of existence.
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State Auditor BRADEN is possible candi-
date for governor who appears and disap
pears regularly every two years. He may bob
UP again next year, as certain state papers
intimate. If the Republicans decide to nom
mate ROBERT LINCOLN for president and
FRED GRANT for vice president, and make a
soldiers campaign of it, the G. A. R. of this
state see in Mr.. BRADEN the best choice for
governor. He has an honorable army record,
is influential in the G.. A R., and as a state
official has always commanded respect. The
combination proposed is unique one tits,
to nominate him for governor, and to advo-
cate prohibition in the platform he would
stand on. This, it is hoped, would accom-
plish the three-fold object of corralling the
soldier vote, retaining the Scandinavian ele-
ment, and bringing into the fold the 1900
prohibition votes that are now outside In
only one way could the demagogy of such
pS PioNCa upou, Dy
adding womans suffrage.
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JOEL HEATwoLE has q bad attack of spleen.
Not being captivated by Mrs. CLEvELAND's
sweetness when she visited st. Paul, he went
home and editorially announced that there
were hundred prettier girls than she in
Northfield. The truth OF this can
scarcely be doubted, since it emanates from
the secretary of the state central Republican
committee. But when 1t is understood that,
while JOEL was gazing on the president and
his wife, he was kicked in the rear and trod
upon in front, his hat stove in, and the last